Petanjci

Petanjci ( Petanzen German, Hungarian Szécsénykút ) is a village and a municipality Tišina and is located in Ravensko, the flat part of the historical region of Prekmurje in Slovenia.

Geography

Petanjci (197 m UEA ) is an elongated street village and is made up of three parts settlement, but are seamlessly transferred: Dolnji (low ), Srednji (Central ) and Gornji ( Upper) Petanjci. The village lies on the main road No. 3, which runs from Maribor about Radenci by Murska Sobota. With a local area of ​​763.7 ha, a population of 698 residents and 189 households (2006) Petanjci is the largest settlement of the municipality Tišina. In the northwest, the village district touches on the Kutschenitza the Styrian district Radkersburg. The western and southern part of the town area is crossed by the river Mur. The riparian forests that follow the river on both sides, providing the habitat for special flora and fauna.

History

The place is first mentioned in 1229 as Pethenegh. At that time the owner " Petan " sold most of its local land tenure to members of the Nádasdy family. In other late Middle Ages, the town is often called: Pethenye ( 1234), Pethenyed ( 1238 ), Petined ( 1265 ), Peteunych, Petanicz ( 1348 ), Felsepethenich, Kezepsewpethenich, et Alsopethenich (1419), tres Pethanycz ( 1472 ). The Hungarian name Szécsénykút developed only in the 18th century in connection with the development and marketing of mineral water springs.

In 1890, the village is officially designated Szécsenykút and had 515 inhabitants, of which 506 identified themselves as Slovenes, 6 as Hungary and 3 as German. The place belonged to the district Muraszombat (now Murska Sobota ) of Vas County / iron castle.

By the Treaty of Trianon, the village came to the Kingdom of SHS. For the city is now officially called Petanjci following data were recorded in the census on January 31, 1921 determined: 556 Slovenes and one German, and of these 557 residents pleaded 546 for Catholic and 11 to the Protestant faith.

In the census of 1931 633 inhabitants were calculated, in 1961 there were 728, and for 1971 the following figures are available: 775 inhabitants, 157 houses, 170 households and 338 villagers who live exclusively on agricultural income.

The Nádasdy Castle

The well-known historical and archaeological data on the Wasserburg Petanjci are very modest. The development of the castle could be related to the branch of the noble family Nádasdy in Petanjci in 1229 in conjunction. In historical sources, however, the castle is first mentioned in the 16th century.

The Wasserburg Petanjci was somewhat increased in a marshy floodplain by the stream Rjavec and was surrounded by an artificial moat and rampart. Traces of the fortification, which decreed by 75 m over an area of ​​about 85 m, are still visible in the ground. When was deserted and abandoned or destroyed the castle, is not known.

A certain importance was given the castle by the fact that during the recatholicization when, on September 28, 1598 nineteen preachers and professors - including the astronomer Johannes Kepler - were driven to the princely command from Graz, a number of these exiles here on the stately home of the Earl Thomas Nádasdy temporarily found shelter.

Through the Regional Museum of Murska Sobota Sondiergrabungen were made in 1987 at the supposed location. Among the items found fragments of pottery and stove tiles were the most numerous. This sound fragments are mainly provided with plant patterns and geometric ornaments, with a small fragment (4.7 cm x 6 cm) especially stands out with the motif of a knight. During the excavations but also two pieces of glass and some iron nails were found. The age dating of the tile fragments could be assigned to the years 1490 to 1550 time. The findings are partly exhibited in Pokrajinski muzej in the city of Murska Sobota.

Local personalities

• Ivan Šiftar Vanek ( born May 26, 1919 in Petanjci, † November 8, 1999 in Murska Sobota ), Slovenian scientist, university professor, lawyer, editor, poet and gardener.